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I’m guessing in order for Diane to heal Joshua, they proposed a marriage alliance, knowing the family that Diane was adopted into which is the marquis, they proposed it. He probably didn’t love Diane like in the original novel cause he loves Belze. They probably made sure that they weren’t able to back out when Joshua died. When Edwin showed signs of the same disease that Joshua had, they had to look for another cause they already known that Diane would not be able to help them. That’s why they got Belze. Joshua mentioned her before his death. Unlucky for them she already lost her abilities before they sponsored her. I bet both Duke and Edwin loved and cared for Belze and wanted her to be permanently part of the family. Since Edwin is already engaged and in probably won’t be able to break it, adoption was the way to go, even if Edwin loved her more than a sister. That’s probably why they never adopted her until she was 18, hoping that the engagement could be broken before that. Edwin defo also regressed, that’s why they met earlier and why he’s already protective of her. He loved her in the previous life and still loved her in this life. Belze is defo the real saint, she looks like the Goddess and 90% the reincarnation of a God/Goddess look like them.
I like this but I low-key dont like it when mls used to like the heroine, now suddenly likes the mc. I just rlly hope it's all a misunderstanding and the ml actually didn't "love" diona(or Diana? I forgot how to spell her name alrdy lol) OR an entirely different ml.
I rlly love it when authors make an entirely different character that never love the heroine in the first life. Wish this is also the same..